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UNITED STATES RAY S. HICKS, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed April l1, 1906. Serial No, 311,121.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY S. HICKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Racks, and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in display-racks,and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in displayingfurniture, such as tables or the like.

My object is to provide an article of this class which can be cheaplyconstructed and very durable.

A further object of my device is to provide adjustable supports for thefurniture displayed thereon.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparentand pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I haveshown the preferred form of myinvention.

In said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improveddisplay-rack, showing a table thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal centralsectional view thereof. Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical sectional view.Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through one of the cornersupports,showing how said corners are braced; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofone of the supporting-posts.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 and 2 are the siderails of my improved rack, while 3 and 4 are the end rails thereof, theside rails 1 and 2 being preferably formed of angle-irons and the endrails of bars or flat rails. The side and end rails are secured togetherto form a frame, said frame being supported upon suitable legs 5, saidlegs also being composed of angle-irons and are bolted to the adjoiningends of the end and side rails by means of bolts 6. The corner-posts 5are provided with brace members 7, said brace members being secured atone end to the posts 5 and at their opposite ends to the end rails 3 and4.

At the junction between the corner-posts 5 and the side and end rails Iprovide anglebraces 8, said braces being secured to the posts 5 by meansof bolts 9 and to the side rails by means of bolts 10, as best shown inv Fig. 4 of the drawings. Auxiliary supporting-posts l1 are disposed atintervals below the display-rack, each of said auxiliary posts beingpreferably formed of angle-iron, a portion of one angle thereof beingcut away to form upwardly-extending portions 12, through which and theadjoining portion of the side rails pass bolts 13 and by which meanssaid auxiliary posts are secured in place upon the display-rack. Theauxiliary posts 11 are provided with angle-braces 14, similar to thebraces 8, said braces being secured, respectively, to the post and siderails by means of bolts or the like, and brace-bars 15 are disposedtransversely 'below the rails l and 2 and are secured to the opposingposts 11. One angle of the side rails l and 2 provide a ledge upon whichrest supportin members 16, preferably of wood, each of said membersbeing provided with a longitudinal way 17, in which is adapted to restthe lower ends of table-legs or the like 18, the object of said Waysbeing to prevent the article resting thereon from lateral movement orfrom slipping off of the supporting members.

In practice the supporting members 16 are placed upon the side rails 1and 2, and preferably in pairs, and when so arranged the article to bedisplayed is placed thereon, and in this instance I have shown a table19, said table having the lower ends of the legs 18 directed into theways 17 in two of the supporting members 16, and it will be readily seenthat said table will be prevented from slipping off the supportingmembers, and by having the supporting members 16 resting loosely uponthe side rails 1 and 2 said members may be moved toward or away fromeach other to accommodate any-sized article.

As the major portion of my improved display-rack is composed ofangle-irons, it will be seen that a very light article is produced andat the same time one which will be very strong and durable.

What I claim 'is- 1. A display-rack of the class described comprisingangular side rails, rails at each end of said angular side rails, me'ansto secure said end rails to the side rails, angular legs at each cornerof said rails, one section of each leg engaging one face of the siderails while the opposite section engages the face of the end rails,means tol-secure said rails and legs together brace members disposedbetween .the end rails and each leg, auxiliary angular IOO postsdisposed along the length of said side rails, one section of eachauxiliary post being longer than the opposite section, the elongatedsection being parallel with the outer face of the side rails and theshorter section being at right angles thereto and extending beloW theside rails and means to secure said auxiliary post to the side rails.V

2. A display-rack of the class described comprising angular side rails,rails at each end of said angular side rails, means to secure said endrails to the side rails, angular legs at each corner of said rails, onesection of each leg engaging one face of the side rails While theopposite section engages the face of the end rails, means to secure saidrails and legs together, brace members disposed between the end railsand each leg, auxiliaryY angular posts disposed along the length of saidside rails, one section of each auxiliary post being longer than theopposite section, the elongated section being parallel With the outerface of the side rails and the shorter section being at right anglesthereto and extending beloW the side rails and removable supportingmembers adapted to be loosely disposed upon the side rails to supportarticles to be displayed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

RAY S. HICKS.

Witnesses:

J. S. HICKS," CHARLES H. LE BARON.

